The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-07
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tFrom Our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON. D. G.,
APRIL 4th, 1887.

The Interstate Commerce Com
missioners il not likely to ma
ture an organization this week.
They are allin the city. and ready
to begin, but Judge Cooley, of
Michigan, has raised the pointthat
the Commission cannot be organ.
lied until after the 9th of April,
because the law will not take effect
until that date. Said he, eve will
not be Commissioners until then,
and we have no right to organize
before
1t is said the first question the
Commission will take up for con-
sideration viii be regarding an AZ :
plication by the associated rail
roads of Kentucky, Tennessee and
Alabama to be allowed special
rates on through traffic without af-
fecting their local traffic on ac-
count Of the competition Of the
Ohio and Mississippi river lines
It is held that the Commission is
authorized to grant special rates
in such cases if it finds the water
competition materially affects the
through traffic of the roads
At the White House matters
have been very quiet this week
The President is devoting a large
share of his attention to the con-
sideration of the important APP
pointments soon ~ be made
The newly appointed Austrian
Minister having arrived in Wash
ington, tits probable that a Min
lister from this country will soon
be appointed in return. The Treas
Jury changes are still unannounced,
and a good deal of attention is
now being bestowed by the public
upon the selection by the Presi-
|dent of the three Commissioners
for the Pacific Railroad i~nvestiga-
ton. The task of finding the right
men for these places proves almost
as difficult as was the construction
of the Interstate Commission. !
Every week some enemy of the
Administration announces with
great positiveness that a specified
member of the Cabinet is about to
resign. Last week it was Secretary
Endicott. This week it was Sec
|retary Whitney. Next week it
will be the Attorney General OF
the Postmaster General orthe Sec
rotary of the Interior. Of all these
foolish inventions probably the
most absurd is the latest ailcga-
ltion, namely that Mr.. Whitney is
dissatisfied with his position and
wants the Treasury portfolio.
Mr.. Whitney's position" jus!
now is about as Satisfactory" in
|every way as is conceivable. He
is wealthy, successful influential
and the centre of metropolitan so.
iciety. Those who are closest to
him know that he would not accept
the Secretaryship of the Treasury
if it were offered to him, and every.
body knows he would not wish te
resign on the heels of the creates
triumph of his life-the letting O
contracts on favorable terms fol-
the country for the immediate con.
struction of a powerful navy.
After all the accommodation thai
President Cleveland receivedat the
hands of his enemies for the vigor
Gus exercise of his veto power will
regard to fraudulent pension
claims, a recent incident is worthy
of mention. On the 10Th of Feb.
ruary the President vetoed a pri
vate pension bill on the ground
that the soldier was entitled to {
greater relief under the law thar
was accorded by the act, as wa:
shown by the records of the Pen
sion Bureau.
A fortnight ago he received a let
ter from the claimants attorney
saying that the pension certificate
had not reached the beneficiary
Thereupon the President wrote al
autograph letter to the Commits
sioner of Pensions inquiring thu
causes of delay. This looks as i
he were vigilant in behalf of thu
worthy soldiers as well as careful
of the interests of the public treas
ury, and that his patient appl;ca
ton to the details of his office i.
merciful as well as just.
But of all the bills which have
ever been suggested fer the relic
of men in any way connected witt
the war, the worst probably, wa.
one received few days before Con
gross adjourned by United States
Senator. 1t was prepared by a cit
izen of his State, and was wei
drawn. It provided for the pay
ment with interest, of the money
expended by every man drafted il
the war in securing a substitute
The Senator was asked if his con
stituent was really in earnest il
asking him to introduce that bill
Undoubtedly" was his reply
and furthermore" continued he
Il think there is just as much sens
in it as there was in some of til
so-called pension measures whicl
have been introduced in the Senat
and House during the last fly
years" JUNO.
The time will come-and it can
not come too quick-when all th
telegraph and telephone wires vii
be placed under ground. TIL
loss of Life such as occurred a
Buffalo on account of the wire
O~bStrIlctiDo Tho hren,aD in raiciD